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BELGIUM - KBC Private Equity acquires Di Legno Interiors

KBC Private Equity has invested in Di Legno Interiors alongside the company's current shareholder and managing director Koen Vanbrabant and commercial director Ben Soers.

  • Buyouts
  • 22 October 2007
FRANCE - CIC Banque de Vizille invests EUR 1.2m in Polyspot

Via its funds Vizille Capital Innovation and Sudinnova SA, CIC Banque de Vizille has invested growth capital in corporate search engine Polyspot.

  • Expansion
  • 22 October 2007
CEE - Europa Capital sells City Point Distribution Park to Morley for EUR 71.6m

Europa Capital has sold City Point Distribution Park to Morley's Central European Industrial Fund (CEIF) for EUR 71.6m.

  • Exits
  • 22 October 2007
UK - RJD Partners makes new appointments to investment team

Mid-market private equity house RJD Partners has strengthened its investment team with the appointment of James Smallridge and Jill Williams.

  • People
  • 22 October 2007
FRANCE - Weinberg appoints new vice president

Weinberg Capital Partners has announced the appointment of Nicolas Teboul as vice president.

  • People
  • 22 October 2007
SWEDEN - Segulah floats HMS

Segulah has listed HMS Networks, a Swedish industrial communication company, on the OMX Nordic Exchange for SEK 74 per share. The investor will sold down its shareholding at the time of the listing. Shares in HMS started to trade on 19 October. Segulah...

  • Exits
  • 22 October 2007
UK - AIM-listed Huveaux is private equity target

Huveaux, a specialist media company listed on AIM, has received a number of approaches from private equity groups. The London-based business focuses on e-learning and e-based information and communication services publishing 16 magazines and holding 500...

  • Buyouts
  • 22 October 2007
UK - Foresight hires new portfolio managers

Foresight Group has appointed Russell Healey and James Livingston as portfolio managers. Both Healey and Livingston will be responsible for managing a range of the firm's existing investments from the current portfolio of around 50 companies spanning...

  • People
  • 22 October 2007
UK - SVG Advisers appoints new directors

SVG Advisers, the private equity and fund management subsidiary of SVG Capital, has announced the appointment of James Witter and Sharad Rathke as directors.

  • People
  • 22 October 2007
UK - Beringea invests £2m in Imagesgate

Beringea Ltd has invested £2m in Imagesgate, a company which provides royalty fee and stock managed photography images and other bespoke image services.

  • Expansion
  • 22 October 2007
UK - UNQUOTE AWARDS SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED

unquote" is delighted to announce the shortlist for the unquote" Private Equity Awards 2007. The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony being held on 28 November at The Royal Horticultural Halls in London, SW1P. Now in its third year, the event...

  • UK / Ireland
  • 19 October 2007
FRANCE - End in sight for Carlyle's Otor misadventure

After more than seven years of trials and tribulations, Carlyle has reportedly mandated Deutsche Bank to sell cardboard maker Otor.

  • Exits
  • 19 October 2007
UK - Catapult leads £1.2m investment in Synchro

Catapult Venture Managers Ltd has led a £1.2m investment into software developers Synchro Ltd.

  • Early-stage
  • 19 October 2007
GERMANY – SiC Processing AG closes EUR 53m financing round

zouk ventures has led a EUR 53.4m financing round in SiC Processing, a management and recycling company of used slurry from the solar and semiconductor wafer industries. Other investors joining the round include Merrill Lunch Corporate Principal Investments...

  • Expansion
  • 18 October 2007
AUSTRIA – BAWAG to sell its Eastern European assets

According to reports in the Austrian press, BAWAG, a Cerberus portfolio company, is looking to sell its Czech and Slovakian units.

  • DACH
  • 18 October 2007
SWITZERLAND – CapD exits BestinClass to Richemont

CapD Private Equity Partners has sold micro-machining company BestinClass for an undisclosed sum to Compagnie Financiere Richemont.

  • Exits
  • 18 October 2007
ESTONIA - Skype founders back pet social networking site

The two social networking sites, www.uniteddogs.com and www.unitedcats.com , have received funding from Ambient Sound Investments (ASI), the investment company set up by the four founding engineers of Skype. The capital injection gives ASI a 15% stake...

  • Expansion
  • 18 October 2007
UK - Kaupthing acquires DLG from Promethean for £75m

Kaupthing Capital Partners has acquired consumer lifestyle database business Data Locator Group (DLG) for £75m. The deal represents an exit for Promethean Investments, which backed the £23.5m management buyout of DLG in March 2006. DLG has since grown...

  • Buyouts
  • 18 October 2007
UK - Octopus and Foresight see 4.4x return on Covion exit

Octopus Private Equity and Foresight Group have seen a 4.4x return from the sale of facilities infrastructure service business Covion. Trade buyer Balfour Beatty Group Ltd acquired Covion for £33m ending Octopus and Foresight's two year ownership of...

  • Exits
  • 18 October 2007
SPAIN - Advent-backed Euroloc in EUR 240m refinancing

Machinery rental business Euroloc, controlled by Advent International, has carried out a restructuring of its debt. The package, believed to total EUR 240m, was provided by Banesto and Royal Bank of Scotland. It was mentioned that the restructuring will...

  • Southern Europe
  • 18 October 2007
ITALY - Mediobanca to launch London branch

In a bid to further its presence abroad, Mediobanca is to open a branch in London early next year, according to local press speculation.

  • Southern Europe
  • 18 October 2007
UK - Zeus completes £50m first investment

Zeus Private Equity has completed the first investment from its maiden fund, investing more than £50m in a new platform company to carry out a buy-and-build strategy within the UK regional hotel sector.

  • Buyouts
  • 18 October 2007
UK - The Capital Fund backs Biocontrol with £500,000

The Capital Fund has invested £250,000 as part of a £500,000 funding round in Biocontrol. Biocontrol's research focuses on developing the clinical use of bacteriophages, that is naturally occuring viruses, which attack and destroy harmful bacteria.

  • Early-stage
  • 18 October 2007
FRANCE - OFI Private Equity buys gadgets and gifts distributor for EUR 24m

OFI Private Equity invested EUR 12m in both equity and mezzanine to support the management buy-in of Soho, a network of retail points selling humouristic gifts and gadgets.

  • Buyouts
  • 18 October 2007
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